DS ARMS SA58 PARA: Man the Barricades! Or Not.
"The history of the FN FAL is replete with stories of hard men who chose the 7.62x51mm NATO-chambered rifle, officially Fabrique Nationale’s Fusil Automatique Léger or 'Light Automatic Rifle,' when lives depended on their...
From the Annals of Police Militarization: How Many NDs Don’t We Hear About?
"A former member of the Pharr police SWAT team has sued a colleague and the city after suffering a gunshot wound to the leg two years ago during a training exercise the victim...
Annals of Police Militarization: Something In The Air
By Hasdrubal
Well, here's another example of the 'militarization of police.' As usual, it sounds pretty bad. Or at least, it's made to sound bad. Armed officers swarming out of the woods to perform compliance...
Quote of the Day: I’ll Take Door Number Two, Monte
"Police did not make clear whether the officer’s weapon malfunctioned or whether the officer inadvertently pulled the trigger." - Marcus K. Garner and Ben Gray in Police: DeKalb officer shot teen skipping school
UPDATE: Boy Who Shot SWAT Skates
"More than a week after a young boy pulled the trigger of an Officer's gun, causing it to accidentally discharge at a children’s event, Lodi Police Chief Mark Helms issued a statement about the...
Police Militarization Marches On. And You’re Paying For It.
On Monday, September 9, 2013, the Concord, NH city council voted 11 to 4 to accept a Department of Homeland Security grant to furnish a new Lennco Bearcat armored assault vehicle. The Bearcat is intended...
New Radar System Reveals Concealed Carry at 100 yds
Class, say hello to MIRANDA. MIRANDA stands for Millimetre Wave Radar using Analogue and New Digital Approach. Here's a nice man from defenceiq.com to explain who MIRANDA is and what she can do to keep us all...
Police Chief: George Zimmerman “A Ticking Time Bomb”
"Steve Bracknell is the chief of the Lake Mary police department, which is investigating Zimmerman, 29, for allegedly threatening his estranged wife, Shellie, and his father-in-law with a gun on Monday. In an email...
Why It’s OK to Demilitarize America’s Militarized Police
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1PTcLhtTZw
America doesn't need thousands of SWAT teams, whose existence guarantees their deployment, whose deployment guarantees wrongful injury and death. We don't need to equip every major and minor police force across the length and...
Here’s Why The Armed School Resource Safety Officer Scheme Won’t Work
"Surveillance video shows the gunman entered the NAVSEA building, at 1336 Isaac Hull Ave., with a shotgun," wsj,com reports. "He shot a security officer in the head, killing him, and took the officer's 9...
How to Win Friends and Influence People By Pointing a Weapon at Someone’s Head...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v__icFT634s#t=26
Almost a million people have watched this video on YouTube. Back in the day, no one had a video camera upon which to record these sorts of police "antics." If a local newspaper reporter happened...
How to Lose Your Gun Rights By “Accident”
"Police are investigating what they believe to be an accidental shooting Friday evening when a man in the Cove shot his right hand while dismantling a semiautomatic hand gun," stamfordadvocate,com reports. " Hohn said the...